2013 | Roots & Traditional Album of the Year: Solo | Amelia Curran | | The JUNO Awards

With the release of Hunter, Hunter, the much-anticipated follow-up to War Brides, Amelia Curran journeyed both home and further afield than ever before. In front of an adoring hometown crowd in St. John’s, NL, Amelia received her first JUNO Award for Roots and Traditional Album of the Year in April 2010. The album and artist also received a total of four ECMA nominations, 4 Music NL awards, 3 Music NS awards, a spot on Exclaim’s Wood, Wires & Whiskey coveted year-end and a place on the 2010 Polaris Long List. A cross-Canadian folk festival favourite, Amelia has also toured with The Skydiggers, Luke Doucet and others. Hunter, Hunter solidified Amelia’s reputation as an heir to Leonard Cohen’s songwriting throne. Now, with Spectators, Amelia Curran makes bold advances beyond folk horizons.